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The ZuluTrade service is a social and copy trading online platform that allows users to mimic the investing strategies of trading "experts" in forex markets. [1] [2] The user base is typically split into two categories: signal providers and followers. Signal providers are generally traders that have developed a strategy willing to share and can ...
In 2012 MIT funded a study directed by Dr. Yaniv Altshuler, [14] showed that traders on the eToro social investment network who benefited from "guided copying", i.e. copying a suggested investor, fared 6-10% better than traders who were trading manually, and 4% better than traders who were copy trading random investors of their choice.
Social trading is a form of investing that allows investors to observe the trading behavior of their peers and expert traders. The primary objective is to follow their investment strategies using copy trading or mirror trading. Social trading requires little or no knowledge about financial markets. [1]
Mirror trading is sometimes also referred to as copy trading although copy trading differs slightly from mirror trading in the way that accounts are linked. In copy trading, the trader directly copies the moves of an individual successful trader; whereas in mirror trading, investment decisions are based on algorithms developed from trading ...
Spot trading is one of the most common types of forex trading. Often, a forex broker will charge a small fee to the client to roll-over the expiring transaction into a new identical transaction for a continuation of the trade. This roll-over fee is known as the "swap" fee.
Around 2005, copy trading and mirror trading emerged as forms of automated algorithmic trading. These systems allowed traders to share their trading histories and strategies, which other traders could replicate in their accounts. One of the first companies to offer an auto-trading platform was Tradency in 2005 with its "Mirror Trader" software.
The main services offered by forex signal suppliers are: Exact or approximate entry, exit and stop loss figures for trades on one or more currency pairs; Supporting graphs and/or analysis for the signals; A trading history showing the number of pips profit/loss per month and/or the risk/reward ratio and actual trades. Sometimes (especially in ...
Retail forex trading has been promoted by some as an easy way to make profits and has thus been the focus for a number of foreign exchange frauds. [9] In response, financial regulators in a number of countries have introduced restrictions or provided warnings about this type of trading as well as legal actions against perpetrators. [10]